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Lost City of the Samurai
Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles
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Features January 1, 2011
Allianoi - Turkey
A reservoir created by a new hydroelectric dam in western Turkey will soon permanently flood the ruins of the Roman-era bath complex of Allianoi.
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Features January 1, 2011
Underwater Shipwrecks - Massachusetts Bay
Historic shipwrecks all over the world are severely damaged by bottom trawling, a fishing method that involves hauling huge nets across the ocean floor.
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Features January 1, 2011
Ashur - Iraq
A section of the Assyrian capital of Ashur in central Iraq is gradually eroding into the Tigris River.
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Features January 1, 2011
Cave of the Swimmers - Egypt
The Neolithic rock art at the Cave of the Swimmers, made popular by the 1996 film The English Patient, is being admired to death by tourists who feel compelled to touch the 10,000-year-old paintings.
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Features January 1, 2011
Nondestructive Radiocarbon Dating - College Station, Texas
Precisely dating archaeological artifacts is not as easy or harmless as it might seem. The most common method, radiocarbon dating, requires that a piece of an organic object be destroyed—washed with a strong acid and base at high temperature to remove impurities, and then set aflame.
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Features January 1, 2011
Early Pyramids - Jaen, Peru
Peru's towering burial mounds, with their underground chambers and layers upon layers of history, had long been thought to be a distinctive feature of the country's arid coast.
